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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NortonLifeLock, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for preventing sensitive data sharing may include a computing device determining that a content item is to be shared with an application. The content idem may be intercepted before the content item is shared with the application. The data of the content item may be analyzed. In response to analyzing the data of the content item, a security action may be performed to protect the computing device from computer malware or prevent sharing of sensitive data of the computing device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.